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Pete Goss

Sailor, Adventurer & Businessman

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  Pete Goss Profile

Pete Goss MBE is a sailor and adventurer turned entrepreneur and author of the bestselling book Close to the Wind.

He now splits his time between his ongoing adventures and delivering inspirational and motivational talks to organizations around the world, as well as lecturing at business schools including Oxford University.

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Pete Goss Profile
Pete Goss MBE is a sailor and adventurer turned entrepreneur and author of the bestselling book Close to the Wind.

He now splits his time between his ongoing adventures and delivering inspirational and motivational talks to organizations around the world, as well as lecturing at business schools including Oxford University.

Pete is perhaps best known for his heroic rescue of Frenchman and fellow competitor Raphael Dinelli from mountainous Southern Ocean seas and hurricane force winds in the 1996 Vendee Globe single-handed round the world race, for which he was awarded the MBE by Her Majesty the Queen and the Legion d'Honneur by the French President.

But Pete has also walked to the North Pole, kayaked around Tasmania, built Team Philips - arguably the most advanced sailing catamaran ever, and recreated the voyage of the smallest migrant vessel ever to make it to Australia by building the wooden lugger Spirit of Mystery amongst many other adventures.

All Pete's projects follow a theme of innovation, technology, challenge and adventure.

Pete competed in seven transatlantic and two round-the-world races. He has sailed more than 300,000 nautical miles, spoken at over 750 conferences around the globe and is a regular business schools lecturer.

An acclaimed International Speaker Pete draws on his experiences to offer leadership and management talks, team-building exercises and training sessions, inspiring individuals and groups to achieve beyond what they thought possible.

  Pete Goss Talk Titles

Dare To Dream

Dare To Dream
More astronauts have circled the globe than single-handed sailors.

The Southern Ocean is known as the most desolate place in the world.

Imagine you are competing in a single-handed round the world yacht race and you are in the midst of a fierce Southern Ocean hurricane. You are thinking of your family when suddenly you hear a mayday call. Do you risk your own life, turn your yacht around and prepare to sail into the unknown to rescue a stranger?

Pete Goss's humorous, emotional and compelling storytelling takes you with him to that moment of truth.

You are left realizing that Pete's success rests on the shoulders of a very broad team that challenged the norm through innovation and technology, adapting to the disruption of change. From creating new yachting concepts, studying sleep patterns, analysing dietary requirements and developing personal resilience.

Pete has a "can-do" spirit that's infectious. His exploits are both inspirational and awe-inspiring. When he recounts his adventures and you feel you are at sea by his side!

With remarkable skill Pete, a successful businessman in his own right, takes real life adventures and relates them to todays business situations. He reinforces lessons in Leadership, The Importance of Teamwork, Risk and How to Make Things Happen.

This talk will touch you, stay with you and influence your thinking.

Leadership Reflections

Leadership Reflections
‘Leadership Challenges the norm whereas management makes it more efficient.'

‘The best teams are all leaders, it's an ethos, an attitude'.

Imagine starting with a sketch, a sketch that stretches the norm and then turning that sketch into reality. Where would you start, what would your guiding principles be?

How would you ignore those timid experts that choose to judge future potential by polishing the past rather than challenging it?

Leaders must have mental resilience, be credible, they are judged and must judge themselves by their actions.

Spirit Of Mystery: (After Dinner)

Spirit Of Mystery: (After Dinner)
Weaving a story through history, family, risk and adventure. This is a unique, amusing yet thought-provoking speech recreating Pete's journey on-board the ‘SPIRIT OF MYSTERY'.

Adventures On Land And Sea: (After Di...

Adventures On Land And Sea: (After Dinner)
This is a mix of funny but thought provoking anecdotes from every thing Pete has done so far – from racing in the Vendee, pushing the boundaries of boat design with Team Philips, having an integral role in The British Steel Challenge, leading 4 expeditions to the North Pole to being a the Royal Marine, raising a family and working on a Salvage Tug!

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